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Appendix B-8 Legend of Soil Phases and Variants bl black variant soil classification is Orthic Black ca calcareous phase soils are generally strongly or extremely calcareous to the surface db dark brown variant soil classification is Orthic Dark Brown dg dark gray variant soil classification is Orthic Dark Gray er eroded variant soils occur on steep terrain where most of the topsoil and solum has eroded off gl gleyed variant soil classification is a gleyed mineral soil and is imperfectly drained gl,ca gleyed, calcareous variant l loam variant li lithic variant depth of soil material is between 10 and 100 cm and overlies bedrock m mesic variant organic soils with dominantly mesic material, which is at a stage of decomposition intermediate between fibric and humic materials p peaty phase a mineral soil having a surface horizon of 15 to 60 cm of fibric moss peat or 15 to 40 cm of other kinds of peat sw slope wash phase a fluvial veneer originating from steeper upper slopes 1 Legend of Soil Phases and Variants, Page B-8
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Soil Management Handbook For The Ok
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Preface The Soil Management Handboo
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Table Of Contents Preface..........
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Table of Contents Con't. Page 3.6 D
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List Of Soil Management Groups And
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List Of Tables Table1: Farm Conserv
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To obtain information about the soi
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List of Definitions for Table 1 Con
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Well Suited Crops • All necessary
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Soil Depth refers to the depth to e
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Grapes: grape suitability is strong
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Soil Management Groups This section
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Gammil Soil Management Group Soil S
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Greata Soil Management Group Soil S
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Kelowna Soil Management Group Soil
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Munson Soil Management Group Soil S
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Postill Soil Management Group Soil
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Rumohr Soil Management Group Soil S
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Skaha Soil Management Group Soil Se
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Summerland Soil Management Group So
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Miscellaneous Soils Soil Series: Ar
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Soil Management Guide This section
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Table 5 Soil Particle Size and Char
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Table 6 Physical Characteristics of
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plant roots and organic matter. The
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The bulk density of high organic mi
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Other management practices, such as
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Figure 11 Schematic drawing of the
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1 m, etc., in an orchard block wher
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3. Water Management High rainfall d
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Table 12 Availability Coefficients
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Impact of large drops of water disp
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Page 101 and 102: References Published Sources Agricu
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